Axis Football 2020 Review - Persistence Beginning to Pay Off

[Jackrabbit JB]

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This or Doug Flutie Max Football?

Sunday Rivals for gameplay, MF for college dynasty, Axis for pro franchise.

[redwo1f]

You should review Pro Strategy Football 2021 - it is actually really solid for what it indeed does (and gets zero exposure, unfortunately) - just a single lone weekend work developer, but a terrific effort.

[El_Toro50]

Quote: Originally Posted by redwo1f

You should review Pro Strategy Football 2021 - it is actually really solid for what it indeed does (and gets zero exposure, unfortunately) - just a single lone weekend work developer, but a terrific effort.

Agreed. For what it does, it does it well. Customization is on point, and the results are outstanding. Developer is very active with his community and listens. This title deserves more attention.

[PVarck31]

Quote: Originally Posted by redwo1f

You should review Pro Strategy Football 2021 - it is actually really solid for what it indeed does (and gets zero exposure, unfortunately) - just a single lone weekend work developer, but a terrific effort.

Quote: Originally Posted by El_Toro50

Agreed. For what it does, it does it well. Customization is on point, and the results are outstanding. Developer is very active with his community and listens. This title deserves more attention.

I will check into this.

[renojedi]

I've been playing this since Friday on XBOX and have about 15 hours in. I have to say I am very impressed with what a small team of developers have been able to accomplish.

The graphics are decent. I think they are well past where Maximum Football is. Axis feels like Xbox 360 while Maximum Football feels like original XBOX.

The game play is fun for the most part though maybe a little two easy. I played at all-star for my first seven games. A few games were challenging (I lost 2 out of 9 and won two by less than 2 touchdowns) but others were arena football scores on default settings...75-48, 56-14, etc. Game was more competitive on HOF level. I haven't played console football in about 5 years so I am sure if I had, the results would be more lopsided. Speed kills. I was able (with a "B+" speed) kick returner to get to the outside of the defense often. Three teams were poor so I got 5 touchdowns against them in total. The others were pretty good but I still got returns of about 30 yards. Same with a "A" speed RB. Through 9 league games he is averaging 10.8 yards a game. And, when I used a "C" speed rated back I got no yards so it really is feast or famine. I think the problem is a lack of specific CPU sliders to fine tune the CPU. Sim stats are much more realistic so good job there. Of course, Madden has never gotten it right either trying to balance offense and defense; usually they just make the game harder by boosting CPU players abilities and decreasing or ignoring player skills. How many times was the 99 rated receiver caught by a 66 linebacker? So at least ratings seem to count for something in this game; I can be patient here.

AI for defense needs some work. I could give examples but lets just say it also mimics the Arena League. Offense is super charged, defense not so much. Too many suction blocks that take 1-2 defenders out of some plays leading to QBs with all day to pass and several big plays from those or defenders letting receivers get behind them even on a prevent defensive call.

Audio is pretty good. A little nostalgic to hear Dan Stevens (now called Dave Stevens) from NFL 2K series and they even have a sideline reporter. You never know how much of a difference even repetitive commentary makes until you play Maximum Football with NO atmosphere or announcers.

The UI is excellent and franchise mode is amazing. Definitely a few things I would want to see but overall it is great. Read the more in depth reviews because I don't think I can do it justice here in a couple of sentences.

Definitely a strong replay value with having to work your way up through 3 tiers like a lower league soccer team in Europe. It is different but I really like it, actually. Even if you win your league, you're not done for at least two more years.

Finally, there will be patches coming as that has been the MO of Axis through the years so I think this game may be even better before the new version comes out. I do know they listen to players so they do what they can to make the game better for the community.

Overall, for $30 this is a great game and I highly recommend picking it up!

[Armor and Sword]

Any known release date for PS4?

[Lzpoc005]

New to all this the game is out on ps4 now and I see some u tube video that have a nfl mod. Is it available yet on the console and how do you access it. 53 year old grandfather lol
Thanks for any advice anybody can give

[Lzpoc005]

I noticed it came out on ps4 some utube viedo are talking about a NFL mod. I'm new to this is it available yet for the console and if so how do I access it